With careful planning and a willingness to learn, house hacking can be a rewarding and profitable investment strategy.

If you're as good as you claim to be, it should be easy to show that the rewards outweigh the risk. 

Now sometimes I would get a credit for a new lead but you have to write a detailed explanation every time I would ask for refund and wouldn't always get it rewarded. 

If you're comfortable taking on more effort for bigger rewards, BRRRR might be the way to go.From a tax perspective, BRRRR may be better because you can potentially benefit from accelerated depreciation on the property, which can help reduce your taxable income and give you a bigger tax advantage compared to a turnkey property.

Holding EXEMPT (from bankruptcy forfeiture) assets, holding assets in exempt entities (retirement accounts, pensions, IRAs, in some states insurance and annuities), homestead exemption, remote entity protection (LLC, Serial LLC, Corporations, Limited Partnerships,) Asset Protection Trusts, using separation of assets for married individuals (in certain states) charitable remainder trust, etc. can be very effective though can be costly. 

It works great for wholesalers who sell the deals to a flipper, so a flipper can reap the rewards by going the extra mile and conducting their own marketing

It's part of participation trophy society where people get socially rewarded for just being in the game, but that shouldn't apply to real estate.

Reno's STR demand has been unexpectedly strong and rewarding.

Once you commit to this, it can actually be quite rewarding to provide housing to tenants.For contract renewals and rent increases, the first step is to familiarize yourself with local laws.

You don't get the reward without taking some risk.